Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): A new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea

Zootaxa

Volumn 3794, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-468

  Piraino, Stefano ^a,b   Aglieri, Giorgio ^a,b   Martell, Luis ^a   Mazzoldi, Carlotta ^c   Melli, Valentina ^c   Milisenda, Giacomo ^a,b   Scorrano, Simonetta ^a,b   Boero, Ferdinando ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CoNISMa Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Del Mare ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invasive alien species; Jellyfish blooms; New species; North Adriatic; Scyphomedusae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; JELLYFISH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84899813863     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7     Document Type: Article

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